Name
Pierre Clémenti
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-09-28
Deathday
1999-12-27 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Biography
Pierre Clémenti (28 September 1942 – 27 December 1999) was a French actor.
Born in Paris, Clémenti studied drama and began his acting career in the theatre. He secured his first minor screen roles in 1960 in Yves Allégret's Chien de pique performing alongside Eddie Constantine. Arguably, his most famous role was that of gangster lover of bourgeois prostitute Catherine Deneuve in Belle de jour, the 1967 classic by Luis Buñuel, in whose film La voie lactée he played the Devil. He appeared in several highly regarded films of the period, working with many of Europe's best known directors, including Luchino Visconti (The Leopard), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Pigsty) and Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist and Partner). Other directors he has worked with are Liliana Cavani, Glauber Rocha, Miklós Jancsó and Philippe Garrel.
In 1972, his career was derailed after he was sentenced to prison for allegedly possessing or using drugs. Due to insufficient evidence, Clémenti was released after 17 months; later he penned a book about his time in prison. After his release he played the role of ever-optimistic sailor of the Potemkin in Dusan Makavejev's scandalous movie Sweet movie, and the role of the seductive saxophone player Pablo in Fred Haines's film adaptation of Herman Hesse's novel Steppenwolf. Throughout his career, he continued to be active on-stage.
He was also involved with the French underground film movement, directing several of his own films, which often featured fellow underground filmmakers and actors. Visa de censure no X was an experimental work made up of two of films. New Old was a feature length work released in 1978 in which Viva appeared. La Revolution ce ne'est qu'un debut, continuons le combat, followed by In the shadow of the blue rascal and Sun. He died of liver cancer in 1999
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- 1967 Belle de Jour as Marcel
- 1974 Sweet Movie as Potemkin Sailor
- 1990 The Austrian as Hébert
- 1971 The Conformist as Pasqualino 'Lino' Semirama
- 1978 Little Lips as Paul
- 1969 The Milky Way as Angel of Death
- 1968 Partner as Giacobbe I and II
- 1990 Hard to Be a God as King
- 1981 Quartet as Theo
- 1979 Zoo zéro as Ivo, le bégue
- 1969 Pigsty as Cannibale
- 1974 Steppenwolf as Pablo
- 1976 The Red Poster as Marcel Rayman
- 1982 Le Pont du Nord as Julien
- 1962 Adorable Liar as Pierrot (uncredited)
- 1968 The Diary of an Innocent Boy as Benjamin
- 1969 The Virgin's Bed as Jesus
- 1980 Stridura
- 1970 Necropolis as Attila
- 1985 In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal as General Korzacouille / Flash
- 1965 Enchanted Isles as Pierre
- 1970 Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move as Il poeta futuristico
- 1969 The Year of the Cannibals as Tiresia
- 1970 Cutting Heads as Shepherd
- 2021 Les Jours et les Nuits as Self
- 1965 How Not to Rob a Department Store as Raf, boyfriend
- 1968 Wheel of Ashes as Pierre
- 1968 Un film porno
- 1974 De quoi s'agit-il?
- 1968 The Idols as 'Charly le Surineur'
- 1981 The Brunette and Me as Xavier de Royan
- 1970 The Pacifist as Michele
- 1985 Forty-four, or Bedtime Stories
- 1968 Pop' game as Un acteur du cabaret (uncredited)
- 1968 Listen, Let's Make Love as Lallo
- 1972 The Inner Scar as Horseman / Archer
- 1968 Home Movie: On the Set of Philippe Garrel's 'Le lit de la vierge' as Self
- 1999 Hideous Kinky as Santoni
- 1990 Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God" as Self
- 1980 Nightmare as Victor
- 1991 Massacres as Verdier
- 1983 Exposed as Vic
- 1966 Brigade Anti Gangs as 'Trois-Pommes'
- 1967 Shock Troops as Militiaman
- 1965 Les Bargasses
- 1984 A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Past
- 1967 Lamiel as Fedor de Miossens
- 1983 Doctor Lerne, Subgod as Nicolas
- 1984 Clash as Le jeune homme
- 1997 The Hips of J.W. as Paul
- 1981 Quartet as Pornographer
- 1969 His Day of Glory
- 1976 Visa de censure n° X
- 1981 The Fall of the House of Usher as Allan
- 1982 La vraie histoire de Gérard Lechômeur as Gérard Lechômeur
- 1982 Chassé-croisé as Doctor Moreau
- 1963 The Leopard as Francesco Paolo
- 1967 Homeo as Self
- 1968 Chromo sud
- 1979 New Old
- 1988 The Sun
- 1974 The Irony of Chance as Antoine Desvrières
- 2008 La deuxième femme as Self
- 1981 Paris s'en va
- 1982 L'amour des femmes as Philippe
- 1983 Edith's Diary
- 1983 Brückenschläge
- 1984 Dog Day as Snake
- 1970 Renaissance
- 1975 The Son of Amir Is Dead as Pierre
- 1977 The Sorceror's Apprentice as Saint-Just
- 1978 The Song of Roland as Olivier / Le clerc
- 1971 La famille
- 1960 Les Frangines
- 1972 Crush Proof
- 1977 Autoportrait d’un schizophrène
- 1971 Jupiter
- 1989 The Silent Woman as Bel-il
- 1967 Heads and Tales
- 1971 The Designated Victim as Count Mateo Tiepolo
- 1968 Book of Saints of Eternal Rome
- 1966 The Man Who Laughs as Orsini's Partisan
- 1966 Pop Age as Self
- 2008 Souvenirs souvenirs as Self
- 2008 Positano as Self
- 1960 Jack of Spades as Paco
- 1992 Attendre le navire
- 1984 Rapt ou la Séparation des races as Firmin
- 1979 Madame Sourdis as Ferdinand Sourdis
- 1970 Antenna
- 1989 Manon Roland as Marat
- 1966 La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie
- 1983 11 testaments as Self
- 1961 Flore et Blancheflore as Flore à 16 ans
- 2013 Pierre Clémenti, l'absolue liberté as Self (archive footage)
- 1963 The Infernal Machine as Young Soldier
- 1982 Deuil en 24 heures ( 4 episodes ) as Moustiers
- 1984 Patrik Pacard ( 6 episodes ) as Prinz Ali
- 1972 Midi trente ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1964 Pour le plaisir ( 1 episode ) as Self
